Queen’s Domain is a clear attempt at a successor to King’s Field, and I like the demo a lot. Crunchy old-school pixely 3D graphics, a great sense of exploration even in the small slice of the demo, gameplay seems reminiscent of old games but plays very smoothly, and it’s just wonderfully weird in a way we don’t often get in big games anymore. I’ll probably pick this up when it drops on the 30th.

Nocturne is already out as of last month, but I still found the demo because of Next Fest. It’s a pixel RPG that seems to take place inside a crumbling digital afterlife, and the combat system has you playing Guitar Hero to the battle music. This also seems really good, but I’m waiting to see if it gets a sale soon, mostly because I’m not great at rhythm games.